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Conservation & Efficient Use of Petroleum Products
Conservation & Efficient Use of Petroleum Products
Refining end-products
The primary end-products produced in petroleum
refining may be grouped into four categories: light
distillates, middle distillates, heavy distillates and
others.
Light distillates
Liquified Petroleum gas (LPG)
Gasoline (also known as petrol)
Heavy Naph
Middle distillates
Kerosene
Automotive and rail-road diesel fuels
Residential heating fuel
Other light fuel oils
Heavy distillates
Heavy fuel oils
Emergence of PCRA
* 1973 : Oil Crisis World Over
* Study Team : Engineers from IOC, NPC, DGTD
estimated huge
oil conservation potential in Industries & STUs
* Study Results : Conservation * Potential of 20 - 30%
* 6th JAN76 : Petroleum Conservation Action Group
(PCAG)
formed
* 10th AUG78 : PCAG Reconstituted as Petroleum
Conservation
Research Association (PCRA) and registered as a
society under
MOP&NG
Emergence of PCRA
What is PCRA?
LPG/Kerosene Conservation
Eat as much as Raw vegetables as possible. Add more fruits in
Techniques/ideas
your diet.
Eat together to avoid repeated heating of food. Encourage pool
diner/lunch in your friend circle.
If you have a solar water heater in your home-use the hot water
in summer for cooking rice & dal or for warming of frozen food
etc..
Keep the burners clean. Buy a spare burner so that the same is
kept ready for change over when the one under use needs
cleaning.
Soak rice and cereals before you start cooking. Keep vegetables
and other items ready for cooking before lighting the burner.
Use Pressure cooker with multiple containers as much as
possible- this way you can cook 2-3 dishes at a time.
Cover cooking vessel with lid. Use only the required amount of
water.
Use the small burner as far as possible and reduce flame at the
right stage.
If you have a terrace with good Sun shine-buy a solar cooker.